Social,
Environmental & Economic Sustainability
Our analysis of the rank of the district
Backwardness : 108
Sex Ratio Rank : 348
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : C (HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 104 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 347 (Census 2001)
Minority : Yes
Water : Flouride in Groundwater above permissible limits
Brief About Birbhum District
Birbhum : The district is proud to have Viswa Bharati
at Santiniketan, the institution established by the Great Nobel
Laureate, Kabiguru Rabndranath Tagore, in its territory. Agriculture
is the main activity and the productivity has been at high level
with the assured irrigation in some part of the district.
Taluk Headquarters: Murarai, Nalhati, Rampurhat, Marureswar,
Muhammad Bazar, Sainthia, Rajnagar, Khairasol, Dubrajpur, Labpur,
Bolepu, Nanur, Ilambazar.
Birbhum
Its area (1,757 sq mi [4,550 sq km]) comprises two distinct regions.
To the west lies an undulating, generally barren upland, part
of the eastern fringe of the Chota Nagpur plateau, rising to 3,000
ft (900 m); to the east is a densely populated, alluvial plain
of the Gangetic Delta. The Ajay, Mor, Mayurakshi, Bakreswar, and
Dwarka are the principal rivers. A project on the Mayurakshi provides
irrigation for about 600,000 ac (240,000 ha) and 2,000 kW of electric
power. Rice, legumes, wheat, corn (maize), and mangoes are the
chief crops in the east; coal, china clay, and iron-ore deposits
are worked in the west. The district's principal industries include
cotton and silk weaving, rice and oilseed milling, and metalware
and pottery manufacture. Siuri is the district headquarters
